<p>Well, I just checked my scores and they were all in the 200-300 range! I knew that I wouldn't get an amazing score, but this is ridiculous, considering that I answered almost all of the questions with reasonable confidence in the anwers that I'd chosen. But I got a 9 on my essay, which I'd completely expected, since I didn't finish it. For someone who had a 219 selection index on the PSAT, could this be a scoring mistake? (I hope so.) I used the straight-line method of bubbling popularized by the book Up Your Score on the SAT, but not on the PSAT (this saved me a lot of time). I had been told by many who used the straight line method and got good scores that it was reliable. What should I do if I think my scores are wrong? Should I call the ETS and ask them to rescore it by hand or something?</p>
<p>AT least you GOT your scores. My daughter's are not up and college board says it may be several weeks until all scores are released (they said only 8% were released today but reading everyone's scores here makes me wonder about that)</p>
<p>It's a bogus post obviously. No one gets 2-300 and the OP has 1 post.</p>
<p>You can request them to hand score. Sounds like they couldn't read your answers.</p>
<p>This is not a bogus post. I am genuinely wondering what to do or if they mixed up my scores, and I would very much appreciate any help. I'm sorry that I can't be taken seriously simply because I don't post here often. But if "nobody gets 2-300" then I really do hope that they are not my real scores.</p>
<p>It sounds like the "straight line method" should be thrown in the trash heap. You had better ask for hand scoring.</p>
<p>Uhhh! I got a 6 on my essay since I didn't have time to finish it!Seriously, ETS should add 50 points to all three scores cuz we are the first students to take this lousy, marathon-like test!!! I got a lot lower score than the old test, is that okay??</p>
<p>dude u obviously misgrided the entire test even though thats pretty hard to do (considering you got a 219 on the psats). A section, yes. the entire test, no.</p>
<p>Were you using a quill pen, or something? That could do it, you know.</p>
<p>In all seriousness, I'm sure it's just some kind of machine grading screwup. Pay for the handscoring service, and they'll fix the problem, and it won't cost you anything. Hopefully.</p>
<p>I am SOOOOO ****ed off right now...omfg...my score only went up 30 points!!! and I was SO confident!! and then I didn't register for the dang May SAT because I still didn't get my March scores by the deadline!!! </p>
<p>I HATE the college board!</p>
<p>u can still register w/ the late fee i think... but hurry</p>
<p>No, the late-fee deadline was April 6. It does suck that they had it set-up where you wouldn't know your March scores until it was too late to register for the May SAT, but this is the last time something like that will happen.</p>
<p>Eurphrasie;</p>
<p>WHAT is the straight line method? It obviously didn't work for you.</p>
<p>btw: you get a score of 200 per test for just showing up!</p>
<p>A little bit on the straight line method:</p>
<p>It's supposed to work because a mandate was made by Congress after the 2000 election that any mark, as long as it is consistent, will be picked up by the scanner. It worked for other people, anyway.</p>
<p>I'm hesitant to blame the straight line method; one of my counselors suggested that my test booklet number might have been gridded in wrong. That's certainly possible.</p>
<p>I think i might have mine hand-checked to because I got the equivalent of a 1420 on my PSAT and I didn't do as well as I hoped on the new SAT, I'm hoping somethings messed up because, like you, i felt pretty confident about my answers. Does anyone know if the scoring machine messes up often?</p>
<p>maybe you filled in the wrong form/test code?</p>
<p>well the instructions TELL you to specifically fill in the bubbles fully...
it was probably the straight line method that screwed you up</p>